nonconventional

British  

/ ˌnɒnkənˈvɛnʃənəl /

adjective

1. not established by accepted usage or general agreement; non-traditional

   a nonconventional lifestyle

2. (of weapons, warfare, etc) nuclear or chemical

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Example Sentences

I don’t have a perfect way to compare them, climatically, but one European study of nonconventional pig systems found that the increase in CO2 was somewhere between 4 percent and 54 percent.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

“We are in a stage where stuff we were doing before has to change,” said Erik DeBenedictis, a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories who studies nonconventional computing technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2016

But over all, there’s little doubt that workers in these nonconventional work arrangements carry some of the burden of protecting themselves from misfortune that employers traditionally have carried.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016

These might include not just traditional military activities, but also initiatives in nonconventional spaces such as finance, media and entertainment, infrastructure, and consumer products and services.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2015

Some nonconventional medical treaments exist, which can be used to control such situations.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor